baş aşağı

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باش آشاغی (baş aşağı),[1][2] from باش (baş) +‎ آشاغی (aşağı),[3][4] equivalent to baş (“head”) +‎ aşağı (“down, downwards”), literally “head downwards”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʃ.a.ʃaːɯ/
  • Hyphenation: baş‧a‧şa‧ğı

Adverb

baş aşağı

  1. In a way that the top or head is at the bottom; upside down, inverted.
    Synonyms: tepetakla, tepetaklak

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باش آشاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 324
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باش آشاغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 239
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aşağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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